People

Those who work to bring you UMS performances every year.

Board of Directors

Rachel Bendit, Co-Chair
Lisa D. Cook, Co-Chair
Brian Willen, Vice Chair
Christina Kim, Secretary
Rob VanRenterghem, Treasurer

Susan E. Alcock
Karen Bantel
Kiana Barfield
Marco Bruzzano
Mary Lincoln Campbell
Karen Chapell
Christopher Conlin
Timothy Damschroder
Alec Gallimore
Linda Gregerson
Stephen Henderson
Ibrahim Jarjoura
Barbara Kaye
Timothy G. Lynch
Preeti N. Malani
Chrislan Fuller Manuel
Timothy G. Marshall
Michael C. Martin
Peter Schweitzer
Versell Smith, Jr.
Linh Song
Gail Ferguson Stout
Victor J. Strecher
Alicia Torres

Ex-officio Members:

Susan M. Collins, Provost, U-M
David Gier, Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, U-M
Tim Petersen, Past Chair of UMS Board of Directors
Mark S. Schlissel, President, U-M
Jeanice Kerr Swift, Superintendent, Ann Arbor Public Schools

Representatives to the Board:

Norman G. Herbert, UMS Sustaining Directors
Michael Lee, UMS Ambassadors
Prudence Rosenthal, UMS Sustaining Directors

Ambassadors

If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.

Over 35 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.

Ambassador Executive Committee
Michael Lee, Chair
Cathy King, Vice Chair and Membership Committee Co-Chair
Lisa Armstrong, Treasurer
Beth McNally, Secretary
Jay Kain, Membership Committee Co-Chair
Kirsten Williams, School Day Performance Volunteer Chair
Athena Papageorgiou, Member-At-Large
Elena Snyder, Immediate Past Chair

Ambassador General Membership
Arlene Barnes
Astrid Beck
Sue Beel
Todd Beel
Elaine Bennett
Mike Dergis
Janet Galardi Popper
Joan Kadis
Nancy Karp
Kathy Kiehl
Leah Korth
Garrett Lefkowitz
Rita Malone
Daria Massimilla
Sharon Peterson Dort
Pat Rideout
Jill Ross
Ellen Sapper
Andrew Schneider
Pam Tabbaa
Kirsten Williams
Sarajane Winkelman

National Council

Wynton Marsalis, Honorary Co-Chair
New York

Andrew Bernstein
New York

Maurice Binkow
Ann Arbor

Dan Braga
Boston

Kenneth A. and Noreen Buckfire
New York

Peter Cummings
Detroit

Marylene Delbourg–Delphis
Menlo Park and Pebble Beach

Maxine Frankel
Bloomfield Hills

Katherine Hein
Boston

Patti Kenner
New York

Jerry and Dale Kolins
Escondido

David Leichtman and Laura McGinn
New York

Jerry May
Ann Arbor

Bridget M. McCormack and Steven P. Croley
Ann Arbor

Jordan Morgan
Ann Arbor

Caroline Nussbaum
New York

Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga
New York

James Read
Stamford

James and Nancy Stanley
Ann Arbor

Louise Taylor
Ann Arbor

Eileen Weiser
Ann Arbor

Diane Zola
New York

Sustaining Directors

Norman G. Herbert, Co-Chair
Prudence Rosenthal, Co-Chair

Wadad Abed
Michael C. Allemang
Carol L. Amster
Kathleen Benton
Maurice S. Binkow
Sarah Calderini Nicoli
David Canter
Mark Clague
Martha Darling
Julia Donovan Darlow
Monique Deschaine
David Featherman
Barbara Fleischman
Stephen Forrest
Maxine J. Frankel
Patricia M. Garcia
Beverley B. Geltner
Christopher Genteel
Anne Glendon
Katherine Goldberg
Richard Gutow
Walter L. Harrison
Debbie S. Herbert
Carl W. Herstein
David Herzig
Peter N. Heydon
Joel Howell
Timothy B. Johnson
Thomas C. Kinnear
Marvin Krislov
Earl Lewis
Robert C. Macek
Joetta Mial
Donald Morelock
Agnes Moy-Sarns
Jan Barney Newman
Roger Newton
Len Niehoff
Gilbert S. Omenn
Joe E. O’Neal
Stephen Palms
David Parsigian
Phil Power
Douglas Rothwell
Sharon Rothwell
Judy Dow Rumelhart
Maya Savarino
Ann Schriber
Ed Schulak
John J.H. Schwarz
Erik H. Serr
Ellie Serras
Joseph A. Sesi
George I. Shirley
Knut Simonsen
Cheryl Soper
Peter Sparling
James C. Stanley
Karen Jones Stutz
Edward D. Surovell
Susan B. Ullrich
Eileen Lappin Weiser